YouTube is bringing Lens to Shorts. The function, which will roll out in beta within the coming weeks, will allow you to seek for extra details about the animals, vegetation, and gadgets you see inside a video.
When you’re watching a Quick with a landmark within the background, for instance, YouTube says you should utilize Lens to seek for the particular landmark and discover out extra about the place the video was filmed.
You’ll be capable of use the function by accessing Shorts from inside YouTube’s cellular app. After you pause the Quick, faucet the Lens button within the prime menu, after which circle, spotlight, or faucet the merchandise you need to seek for. YouTube will then present visible matches and search outcomes overlaid on the Quick. The platform notes that when you choose one in every of these outcomes, you’ll be able to “rapidly leap again into the content material you had been watching.”
YouTube says that whereas Lens doesn’t use “biometric facial recognition” to establish particular folks, it could present outcomes for “notable public figures.” It additionally gained’t present advertisements in outcomes throughout the pilot, and also will not be out there on Shorts with purchasing affiliate hyperlinks to begin.